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cluck
此处 cluck 为不及物动词，不带宾语。
The hen clucked.
母鸡咯咯叫。
咯咯的叫声
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咯咯的叫声
the sound that a hen makes, especially when calling her chicks
The hen clucked.
母鸡咯咯叫。
母鸡发出的声音,尤指抱窝或召唤小鸡时。
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
类似这种声音的其他杂音。
Any sound similar to this.
用来催促马匹的一种弹舌声。
A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
The hen clucked loudly when she saw the cat.
母鸡看到猫时大声咯咯叫。
I heard a soft cluck coming from the nest.
我听到巢里传来一声轻柔的咯咯叫。
The old hen clucks to call her chicks together.
老母鸡咯咯叫着把小鸡聚拢过来。
此处 cluck 为不及物动词，不带宾语。
The hen clucked.
母鸡咯咯叫。
cluck 作名词时为可数名词，指母鸡发出的短促叫声。
I heard a cluck from the hen.
我听到母鸡咯咯叫了一声。
Not this
The hen is cluck.
Use this
The hen is clucking.
主语 + be 后应用现在分词构成进行时；cluck 是动词原形，不能直接作表语。改为 clucking 表示“正在咯咯叫”。
Not this
I heard cluck outside.
Use this
I heard a cluck outside.
cluck 作名词时是可数名词，单数前需要加冠词 a；中文没有冠词，容易漏掉。此处指听到一声咯咯叫，所以用 a cluck。
Not this
The hen clucked me.
Use this
The hen clucked at me.
cluck 作动词是不及物的，后面接对象时要用介词 at；直接跟宾语 (clucked me) 不符合英语搭配。改为 clucked at me 表示“朝我咯咯叫”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
母鸡的咯咯声
We could hear a hen's cluck from the next yard.
我们能听到隔壁院子传来一只母鸡的咯咯声。
母鸡咯咯叫
The hens cluck loudly every morning.
母鸡每天早晨大声咯咯叫。
轻声咯咯叫
The hen clucked softly at her chicks.
母鸡对小鸡轻声咯咯叫。
发出咯咯声
The hen gave a low cluck before laying her egg.
母鸡在下蛋前发出低沉的咯咯声。
咯咯声
A clucking sound came from the chicken coop.
鸡舍里传来一阵咯咯声。
咂嘴（表示不满、厌烦或反对）
She clucked her tongue in annoyance when she saw the mess.
看到一片狼藉，她厌烦地咂了咂嘴。
（像母鸡照看小鸡那样）对…过分操心、对…大惊小怪
My grandmother always clucks over me whenever I visit.
每次我去看她，祖母总是对我嘘寒问暖、大惊小怪。
Use cluck naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
母鸡召唤小鸡时发出“咯咯”声，cluck 的读音就在模仿这种叫声。
语域：neutral 常见场景：animal-sound descriptions、farmyard scenes、storybook narration cluck 作名词指母鸡咯咯的叫声，作动词指发出这种声音；两种用法都常见于日常口语和一般书面叙事，语域中性，没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
与 duck、luck、pluck、truck 押韵（/ʌk/）。注意：clock（/klɑk/）和 click（/klɪk/）拼写相似但发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.